Early this week, former president Bill Clinton said he had no plans to stop giving paid speeches if Hillary becomes president. “I gotta pay our bills,” he said to defend his main source of income.
He had the nerves to state this when the the Government Services Administration (GSA), in charge of supporting federal disbursements, had spent around one million dollars for the former president in 2014 alone. This included Clinton's $201,000 pension for 2014, four times the median American family income.
From 2001 through 2014, the Clintons have received more than $15 million in federal money. This said, Clinton’s pension is a tiny portion of the former president's cost to taxpayers. In 2015 the GSA has budgeted $450,000 to pay for Clinton’s office space, the highest total of the four living presidents!
I won't even mention the $100 million Clinton has racked up so far in speaking engagements, nor the $8 and $14 million Hillary received for her two memoirs, but suffice for me to say, that Bill has no reason to worry about paying his bills. Instead, he should shut up and lay low for as long as he lives...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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